CVE-2026-123539 OpenAM before 16.1.4 Stored XSS via OAuth 2.0 Consent Page Display Name
Medium 4.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-123539 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-123539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenIdentityPlatform OpenAM, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-123539 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: OpenIdentityPlatform OpenAM. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-123539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-123539/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-123539?
CVE-2026-123539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenIdentityPlatform OpenAM, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Official description
OpenAM before 16.1.4 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows privileged attackers to inject script by placing markup in a user's display name. When the victim reaches the OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect consent page, the unencoded name executes script that can steal the OpenAM session cookie to impersonate the user.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123539?
How do I fix CVE-2026-123539?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-123539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-123539 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-123539 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9j7x-qm62-f4xh, GHSA-v6hq-3cfh-5gr6.